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"We had an amazing cause two years ago, doing it for Anthony (Foley), which was an an absolutely tragic cause.

"Talking with Jason Leonard, who I suppose is the me over in England, we were both very much into fundraising for Doddie's foundation. We're still going to contribute to MSD Ireland and the two injured players funds.

"But we just thought that Doddie's is gathering huge momentum and unfortunately there's only a finite amount of time we can help out here, so we felt it would be an absolutely great cause."

This is the 11th year of the charity game that was established by Byrne, Len Dineen, Leonard and Martin Corry.

"This game is a celebration of why we love rugby and the causes are all very, very important," said Byrne.

"We've raised over £1m in the time that we've been doing this and we're hoping to get a great response this time as well.

"It's just growing in momentum every year and we're glad that we can give a little back".